Improved mode of attaching sleigh-bells



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' Leners Patent No. 105,412, dated .my I9, 1870.

i IMPROVE!) MODE OF ATTACHING SLBIG-H-BELLS.

` The sehedule referred to'in these Letteral Patent and making part of the same I,-W1LLIAM E. BARTON, `of East Hampton, in the "countyfof Middlesex'and State ofy Connecticut, have.- invented' certain Improvements in Attaching Sleigh- Bells,of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

My invention consists, first, in a coupling for at- -t-achinga bell securely to its strap without clamping' it tightly thereon. v.l'he said coupling is made with ai perforation inline with its axis, for the reception of a screw,.rivet, or its equivalent, for attaching it to the strap, a neck to pass through ,anv aperture in the bell and afford a bearing on th'e` strap, and a flange or projection, upon which the bell is supported. A My invent-ion consists, second, in attaching a 'bell to its strap by means of a screw'or rivet passing through the strap land into aauged coupling, which i, supports the bell, substantially ashereinai'ter set forth. v

Description of ,the wwwa-tying Drawing. Figure 1 is a `longitudinal sectional .view 'of the bell and its attachments.

`Figure 2 is a perspective view of my improved coupfling'for attachingfthe bell to the strap and the tonguetothe bell. I y

` y General Description.

A' represents a part of the strap, and y B, the bell, in the top of which is an aperture, b, of circular or other-form, 3 j y .C is my improvedcoupling-nut, .the neck l of which i is formed to pass through the laperture 11 audmay have at its end one or more spurs or ribs, 2 2, which,

when partly imbedded in the strap, will prevent the nutfrom turning thereon.' .Y f A flange or projection, 3, extending beyond the radiusrof the aperture b, aiiords support .to the bell, and

an eye or hook, 4, permits the attachment ofthe tongue iu any commonway.

The coupling O may be firmlyseeurcd to the strap A by means of a screw, D, passed through the strap and into the coupling-piece C, the latter being threaded for its reception.

AThis screw may be nicked as a common wood-screw, so that it can be applied by means of a screw-driver, and its head may be received in the concave face of a washer, E, which is preferably interposed between it and the strap to abrd a more secure and durable attachment. vl I have described the use ot' a screw to attach the flanged coupling-piece to the strap, because this is my preferred device for this purpose; but a rivet may be substituted for the screw without departing from the essential principles o f my invention.

Inreither case the irm unionbetween the strap A and coupling O causes the latter to form a very 'secureA attachment `for the bell, without tightly clamping in such a manner as to impair or interfere with its vibrations, as do most devices in use for attaching bells to straps. 'v

Claims. I claim as my invention- 1. The eoupliugG, constructed with an eye or hook to receive the tongue, a neck, 1; to pass through? au aperture in the bell, and a ange orV projection, 3, to support-the bell, substantially as set forth.

, 2. 'lhe flanged coupling 0,'in combination with a l screw or rivet, D, for connecting the bell to the strap, 

